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V.1G. BALTZELL. APPLIANCE FOR HANGING AND ADJUSTING WINDOWOURTAINSI No.492,755. Patented Feb. 28, 1893.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

VIRGINIA O. BALTZELL, OF MADISON, WISCONSIN.

APPLIANCE FOR HANGING AND ADJUSTING WINDOW-CURTAINS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 492,755, dated February28, 1893. Application filed May 24,1892. Serial No. 434,219. (No model.)

justing the cornices from which window cur-' tains are suspended so thatthe same may be changed to difierent elevations; swung on the one handto the wall and on the other hand to the window, door, or other locationat such several elevations; the appliances being automatically locked inall such positions, and the operator standing on the floor in oneposition. IVhile myinvention is especially applicable to cornicescarrying window curtains and is herein so drawn and mainly described, itis to be understood that I contemplate its application to cornicessupporting portieres.

The advantages of my improvement are:

curtains may be temporarily turned away from the windows to admit light,or when the windows are opened, to escape dust, rain and smoke from theoutside, and portieres may be temporarily turned away from door-ways;curtains may be depressed to within easy reach dusted &c., their foldsthrown over or around their cornices, then elevated and swung topositions away from the windows, while the floor, frames and walls arealso dusted and cleaned; when the cornices are again depressed, thefolds of the curtains thrown down properly arranged and draped, and thecornice, and swung to its plied may be depressed arranged swunglaterally and restored to their place;v in all its positions, my devicebeing automatically locked, prevents accidental swinging or fall ing;and all operations of my appliances are conducted without the use ofstep-ladder or with the .curtain, elevated place over the window;similarly, all fixtures to which my device is apand one of the latterturned from the window;

Fig.3. a top view of Fig. 2; Fig. 4 a top view of window casing withtubes attached. Fig. 5, a front elevation of upper end of tube; Fig. 6,a horizontal section through tube on line m n, Fig. 5; Fig. 7 same online 0 p, Fig. 5; Fig. 8 same on line q 'r, Fig. 9; Fig. 9, right sideelevation of Fig. 5; Fig. 10, plan view of rod; and Fig. 11, right sideelevation of rod showing brackets."

In the said drawings 6 e designate two metal cylindrical rods whichconstitute the carriages of the curtain cornices, one being on each sideof the window upon the inside of its casing supported by the cylindricaltube or case as hereinafter described, and extending,when at its highestelevation, from the inside of the upper corner of the cornice whichsupports thecurtain downward along the casing to the height of theconvenient reach of the operator as he stands upon the floor.

Upon the inner side or side toward the room, of each rod, a bracket clis attached near the upper end, and also another similar bracket (1 isattached near the lower side of the curtain cornice. The bracketsprojecta distance inwardly beyond the case equal to the width of thereturn piece of the cornice, and the brackets being there bent at rightangles,

thence project laterally toward the windowa little distance along theinside of the main or lateral part of the cornice towhich they arefastened; the brackets being thus inverted L shaped, fitting andfastened in the inside of the corners formed by the main body of thecornice and its return piece, so that the cornice will be elevated,depressed and swung laterally with the corresponding movements of therods or carriages e e; and the rods brackets and attachments will be inpositions to be covered by the curtains. The rods 6 e alsovhave anotheroffice, and form journals,which with the cylindrical tubes or caseshereinafter mentioned, as bearings, form hinges upon which the cornicesmay be swung laterally to the one hand over the windows and to the otherto the wall adjacent. The said brackets d 01 also have-another office,

and are guided in all the slots of the said tube as hereinafterdescribed, and in turn and when in the slide or.

guide the cornices,

switch slots of the tube are there locked by the bearing weight uponthem.

2' t'designate cornices held and operated by the carriage rods 6 6. Theyare constructed in open Moorish fret work, and may be constructed infret or grill work, or otherwise,

and in any form admitting of carrying the curtains suspended therefrom;and may be constructed of wood.

Z. Z. designate curtainshung upon the inside of the cornices preferablyupon removable rods, hooks or in other temporary manner, to allow theeasy removal and replacement of the curtains as they are placed withinreach and restored to position by the operation of the carriage rod.

a a designate cylindrical tubes or cases the length of the rods 6 e, andthey embrace such rods when the latter are placed in either of theirpositions contiguous to the window casings; and as the central slots ofthe cases hereinafter mentioned open to the lower ends of such cases,the rods, with the cornices which they carry, may be removed from andreplaced upon the window casings at will; the brackets upon the rodentering and leaving the slots in the cases at the lower end. The saidtubes a a have throughout their inner face, or face toward the room, aslot h, which receives the brackets d (1 when the rods are placed in thetubes. The tubes at a form tracks for the rods 6 e in the verticalmovements of the latter and furnish bearings hinging the rods forswinging laterally when their brackets are at the switch slots, now tobe described.

Besides the slot h, the tubes at a have, each,

' the three inverted L shaped switch slots 19 b on each side of thefirst slot 71; two such slots being opposite each other near theupperend of the tube, and a second pair being below, at intervals equalto the distance between the brackets 01 d, and a third pair at similarintervals below the second pair respectively; so that the three pairs ofswitch slots will provide for the admission of the two brackets cl (1 attwo different elevations as the rod is swung to one hand, and-at thesame time two elevations as the rod is swung to the other hand.

The two of such switch slots which are next adjacent, and on the sameside of the central slot, receive the brackets d cl respectively as thecornice is swung to the side on which they are located; and the weightbrings the brackets down into the vertical arm of such inverted L shapedslot; by which the rod remains locked until manually elevated.

The tubes or cases a a are attached to the window casingj the upper endsbeneath the inside corner of the cornice by screwing the feet 0 c on thecasing; one of which feet is placed at each end of the tubes on itsinner face.

is k designate the screws. The tubes are thus permanently in the properpositions for receiving, supporting, and forming the tracks for therods; while the slots form the main and switch tracks for the brackets.

For greater convenience in operating the rods 6 e, the inwardlyprojecting circular handle g is attached to each rod, having a neck 1,in the slot h, and being in a position where it will enter a lowerswitch slot as the brackets enter the upper ones.

The single bracket located near the summit of the rod e, may be attachedto the rod without its fellow bracket.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. An adjustable support for acurtain consisting of a vertical rod,brackets thereon carrying the curtain cornice, and atube containing therod and having a slot throughout its length and lateral switch slotsreceiving the brackets; all said parts combined substantially as setforth.

2. The combination of a vertical rod hold ing brackets which carry acurtain cornice, and a case affixed to the window casing, forming acombined track and bearing for the rod, and having an opening for thevertical rod and series of inverted L shaped openings for lateral andvertical movements of the brackets substantially as and for the purposesset forth.

3. The combination of a vertical rod asupporting bracket thereon, and astandard hav ing an opening for the rod and bracket and a series ofopenings coursing laterally thence downwardly receiving and locking thebrackets substantially as described.

t. In combination the cylindrical carriage the brackets thereon, and thecase partially inclosing the carriage and having series of slotscoursing laterally and thence downwardly which at times receive and lockthe brackets.

5. In combination with avertical rod carrying brackets which support adrapery window curtain, a guide for the rod attached to the casing andhaving a front and lateral-vertical slots traversed by the bracketssubstantially as and for the purposes set forth.

6. In combination with a vertical rod having a bracket attached to thecornice of a window curtain a guide inclosing the rod having for thebracket a slot in front and slots extending therefrom first laterallyand then vertically whereby the curtain may be swung and locked eitherin front of or away from the window.

7. In combination a vertical rod carrying a bracket which supports awindow curtain cornice a guide attached to the casing, for the rod andbracket, having for the bracket a vertical opening in front and slotsextending therefrom either way first laterally, and then downwardwhereby the curtain may be swung and looked upon the window or upon thewall adjacent.

VIRGINIA O. BALTZELL.

Witnesses:

OHAs. E. BUELL, J. E. WAKELEY.

